New Lynah Photo Slideshow

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Will][quote nyc94][quote KeithK][q]I tried to get premium seating (I thought it might be fun to have a bunch fo friends in one), but I was told they all were going to corporate supporters.[/q]Um, if all of the premium seats are going to corporate sponsors, wouldn't the ushers immediately try to make all of the students sit down?[/quote]

We have corporate sponsors?[/quote]

Haven't you ever seen the scoreboard go through the list of sponsors?[/quote]

So the owners of ShortStop are our equivalent of corporate bigwigs?

[Trotsky]

[quote Will][quote nyc94]

We have corporate sponsors?[/quote]

Haven't you ever seen the scoreboard go through the list of sponsors?[/quote]

We have a scoreboard? ;-)

[redhair34]

[quote nyc94]
I did't associate a few advertisements with "corporate sponsorship".[/quote]

And you may be right.  I was just trying to think about who the sponsors might be.

[ben03]

so it's been a few years since i've seen a game Lynah but i was just curious if anyone else noticed the all red Zamboni (well not really but you know what i mean)? i could have sworn it didn't used to be all red ... am i crazy or is this part of the facilities upgrade that i've not heard mentioned? anyone ...

[Cactus12]

The red zamboni is in fact shiny and new. It first appeared last season.

[ithacat]

[quote Cactus12]The red zamboni is in fact shiny and new. It first appeared last season.[/quote]

They need to trim it out & show a little flair.

[Will]

[quote ithacat][quote Cactus12]The red zamboni is in fact shiny and new. It first appeared last season.[/quote]

They need to trim it out & show a little flair.[/quote]

Pimp My Zamboni?

[RichH]

[quote Will][quote ithacat][quote Cactus12]The red zamboni is in fact shiny and new. It first appeared last season.[/quote]

They need to trim it out & show a little flair.[/quote]

Pimp My Zamboni?[/quote]

No.  Pimp My Olympia brand ice resurfacer.

[pfm10]

Bump

So how did the new rink renovations work/look through the exhibition game?

[kaelistus]

Just out of curiosity. How many of these seats are actually going to go to students? I see a bunch of new premium seats but with C not going to students, it looks like most of the seat gain is going to the older folk.

Not that I'm a student anymore, but I hope this isn't true.

[kaelistus]

Funny.. So I'm browsing USCHO and I come up to this post in a Top College Arenas list:

--- (Bothman)
For me, to even be considered in this list, you have to represent what college athletics is all about:

Rabid fans
Band
Intimate setting with fans on top of the ice
No high tech scoreboard
Students with the best seats

For this reason, of the Northeast schools, this eliminates BU's Agannis, BC's Conte, UNH's Whittemore Center. These places may have new seats, great sound, etc - but in my opinion, in no way compare to the true college atmospheres of Cornell's Lynah Rink or UVM's Gutterson Arena (I have not been to Alfond, but it would probably be right there).

Forget about $100MM rinks, or state of the art scoreboards, or music not coming from a band - I love the fact that when I go into these old school rinks, I feel as though boosters and corporate America have yet to penetrate the confines - it brings about a sense of purity.

Kudos to the programs who haven't sold out for the $$$.
----

I hope this will continue to be true! I have absolutely no trust in Cornell Athletics not selling out for mere pennies (See Website).

[derry22]

Being an old educator, I'd give the expansion a C+ as compared to the A- job they did at St Lawrence. Oh well.